Adding cable trays

…This is where it gets fun, items like cable tray used to…be so difficult to do in 3D, that basically nobody even attempted it.…Sure, we'd draft it in using lines and arcs and offsets…but, even that process took forever with very little to gain.…This video will demonstrate how to add cable tray, we'll set a…few different offsets, and we'll configure it as we put it in.…To get started, let's jump into our MEP electrical drawing.…Let's go to the home tab.…Let's select the Cable Tray button.…Once we do that we're going to get an Add Cable Tray dialogue.…

I like to slide it out of the way.…Let's change our width to 12 inches.…Let's change our height to three inches.…For the elevation, let's keep it at ten feet.…I'm going to click into my drawing area, I'm going to come into my Electrical room.…I'm going to pick a spot right about here,…and I'm going to start drawing my cable tray.…Our compass is turned on, even though our Ortho…is turned off, it's going to snap the even increments.…I'm going to come straight out 180 degrees into…

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7/18/2014

AutoCAD MEP helps you build the systems—mechanical, electrical, and plumbing—that connect buildings to the outside world. This course will help you draft, design, and document these systems using MEP's powerful toolset. Author Eric Wing touches on project setup, as well as external referencing and display configurations, before diving into individual modeling scenarios. In one chapter, he'll show how to create electrical power plans and lighting plans with receptacles and lighting fixtures. In the next, it's a mechanical plan, with rooftop units, VAV boxes, ducts, and diffusers. Last, you'll work on a plumbing plan and system. Then he ties the drawings together with smart tags and schedules, and creates section and elevation versions of your plans. Dive in now and learn to eliminate tedious drawing tasks while creating more accurate documentation with MEP.